Boadicea

Official Number 79129

The Boadicea was an iron and steel ship built by R.Williamson & Son at Workington, launched in October 1887. She was initially owned by Brown, Jenkinson & Co. and was registered in London, but by 1902 had been sold to William Thomas and Co., of Liverpool. The Boadicea was sold to Norwegian owners in 1915, and was re-named Siraa. Together with the steamer Benguela, the Siraa was stopped by a German submarine (U155) and sunk on the 29th June 1917. The Siraa was on passage from Buenos Aires to Le Havre with a cargo of quebracho, and was lost at 40.22 N, 26.51 W (100 nm NNE of Graciosa, Azores). The crew was rescued from their boats by a Spanish vessel the following day.

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985) - states launched in October, 1887.
2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1887-8 (Supplement): Boadicea, ship (iron framing and beams, steel plating), 1939 grt, 1895 nrt, built by R.Williamson & Son at Workington in November 1887,official number 79129, signal letters KPQG, registered at London, owned by Boadicea Ship Co. Ltd.(Brown, Jenkinson & Co. managers).
   
3. Mercantile Navy List 1914: Boadicea, ship, 1824 tons, built at Workington in 1887, official number 79129, signal letters KPQG, registered at London, registered owner The County Shipping Co.Ltd. (manager Robert J.Thomas, 22 St.Mary Axe, City, London).
   
4. Information from Robert Cadwalader posted to Mariners-L List.
5. Norsk Skipsfartshistorisk Selskap (Norwegian Shipping History Society)

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